[suhb-ter-fyooj] 
| an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc. |
| sub·ter·fuge (sŭb'tər-fyōōj') n. A deceptive stratagem or device: "the paltry subterfuge of an anonymous signature" (Robert Smith Surtees). [French, from Old French suterfuge, from Late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere, to escape : subter, secretly, beneath; see upo in Indo-European roots + fugere, to flee.] |